Garment protector



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GARMENT PROTECTOR Filed April 8, 1927 I'm/en [or Zea 11. 5M

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Patented Aug. 6, 1929.

UNITED STATES NATHAN I. FLEISCHER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

GARMENT PROTECTOR.

Application filed April 8,

My invention relates to protectors for gar ments and has particular reference to the provision of a simple and inexpensive protector whereby the upper portion of a garment suspended on a hanger for display purposes may be protected from dust, dirt and the effects of handling.

In the display of merchandise in stores, dresses, coats and similar garments are usually displayed on the ordinary garment hangers, a number of such garments being suspended by means of the l'ningers upon. a common rack. In the ordinary course of such display, as well as the handling incident thereto, it frequently happens that the upper portion of the garment, which is frequentlyof more delicate and expensive materials, becomes soiled or marred by dust or handling, and the principal object of this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive protector or shield arranged to cover the upper portion of the garment when so displayed.

It is also the custom for dry cleaners and tailors to place garments when returned or delivered to the owners or purchasers thereof upon wire or other suitable hangers, which hanger may be soiled or rusted and thus mar the garment. A further object of the device is to provide an inexpensive protector which may be placed first upon the hanger and the garment thereovtn', so that the protector is interposed between the hanger and the garmentand thus entirely prevents the soiling or the communication of soil or rust from the hanger to the garment.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detailed description thereof:

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective of a garment suspended on a hanger over which a protector constructed in accordance with this invention is hung.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the blank from which the protector is made,

In manufacturing a garment protector in accordance with this invention, any suitable and inexpensive material such as paper or light fabric may be employed. When the protector is made of paper, it is preferable to stamp out the blank 1 by means of a suit- 1927. Serial N0. 132,022.

able die, or the same may be formed in any other suitable manner. vided with a main body 2 having lateral wings 3 and 4;. Between the Wings 3 and 4 is a notch or recess 5 which provides pas sage for the hanger hook 6 as shown in Figure 1. This opening may be of a size suitable to the particular purpose for which the hangers are intended. The wing 3 is extended, as shown at 6, so as to be slightly longer than the wing 4. The body of the blank may be scored for folding along the line 7. One side of the extension 6 may be provided with an adhesive in the usual manner. The blank-l is assembled by folding the wings upon each other along the line 7, and the adhesive extension 6 folded over upon and glued to the-abutting end-of the wing 4. The protector then assumes the shape shown in Figure 1 with an opening 5 for the hook G. i

It will be understood that while I have described a garment protector as constructed of paper and secured together by adhesive, such protectors may also be made of cloth or other fabric and the loose edges of the wings 3 and 4t secured together by means of stitching.

Garment protectors as constructed in accordance with this invention, it will be observed, may be made at a. very slight expens and therefore their use by stores and other dealers and tradesmen does not add ap n'eciably to the expense of handling the garments, whereas on the contrary they do etlect a considerable saving through keeping the garments on display clean and fresh.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A garment protector comprising a body portion, said body portion being provided with lateral wings and having a notch be tween said wings, said body portion being adapted to be folded along a line extend ing from the base of said notch through the middle of said body portion to form a shoulder, and means for securing the edges of said wings together to form the other shoulderi NATHAN I. FLEISCHER.

The blank 1 is pro- 

